lord of the rings online

Official Site: Lord of the Rings Online
Studio: Standing Stone Games, formerly Turbine/WB Interactive Entertainment; published by Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: April 24, 2007
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

LOTRO and DDO are giving away premium daily presents for a month to VIPs

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Subscribers of both Standing Stone Games MMORPGs are going to want to make an effort to log in daily to Lord of the Rings...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best cosmetic system (not the best cosmetics)?

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The other day I was mucking around with my outfit on SWG Legends and having some conflicting emotions. First, I was grateful that the...

Lord of the Rings Online works on fixes for forester event and stat crunch fallout

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There is no doubt that Standing Stone Games is scrambling this week to shore up the fallout of Lord of the Rings Online's Update...

Lord of the Rings Online releases Update 37 with River Hobbits and the stat crunch

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Following a week delay, Update 37 arrived for Lord of the Rings Online yesterday. Titled "The Humble Homes of the Holbytlan," this patch revolves...

Lord of the Rings Online puts up the notes for Update 37: Humble Homes of the Holbytlan

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After a week's delay, Lord of the Rings Online's latest patch -- and newest race -- is set to arrive tomorrow. Standing Stone Games...

Lord of the Rings Online prepares to deploy Update 37 on Tuesday

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With Update 37 arriving next Tuesday in Lord of the Rings Online, Standing Stone Games is hoping for a nice late-summer boost for the...

One Shots: The flute that launched an MMO empire

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Who would have ever thought that a little girl skipping around looking for her musical instrument would be the gateway to a long-running beloved...

LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s higher difficulties are a breath of fresh air

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A while back, the Treebeard server in Lord of the Rings Online experimented with the first iteration of the new landscape difficulty system. I...
The eternal.

Massively Overthinking: What makes you embarrassed to be an MMORPG player?

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A week or two ago, the MOP writers were chatting about people flipping tables over River Hobbits in Lord of the Rings Online (sigh)...
I find the way.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 434: Wayfinder finds the way to early access

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Justin and Bree discuss Wayfinder, Palia, DCUO, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in LOTRO and GW2, plus mailbag topics on spoilers in expansion reveals and the rogue servers of the distant future.

Lord of the Rings Online pushes update 37, The Humble Homes of The Holbytlan, to next week

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Confusion over the moving parts of Lord of the Rings Online's roster of late summer updates has been palpable over the last few weeks,...

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August is always a super overwhelming month for me, in MMOs and out. I'm always trying to finish up projects in real life before...

Lord of the Rings Online to welcome River Hobbits on August 22nd

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The latest pint-sized population to enter Middle-earth is almost here. On last Friday's livestream, Lord of the Rings Online announced that River Hobbits are...

One Shots: Bongo Gully 3

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People, I am going to go stark broke this year. It's really not a good year for an RPG gamer on a budget, what...

LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways to spice up your next LOTRO alt

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While Lord of the Rings Online features a questing journey that can take you months if not years to go through the entirety of...
I'm being generous, for some reason.

The Daily Grind: What’s your most-wanted MMORPG in 2023?

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It's awfully hard to look at all of the project delays we've had this year and not have our patience tested. MMORPG players always...

Massively Overthinking: Do you strive to be ‘rich’ in MMORPGs?

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EG7 Q2 2023: Daybreak’s MMORPGs are ‘predictably stable’

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It's starting to look as if the Daybreak-run EG7 conglom is finally at the end of its bonkers revenue run: According to the Swedish...

Lord of the Rings Online hopes to get River-hobbits in your hands by the end of August

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Lord of the Rings Online is progressing slowly but surely to Update 37 later this month with the much-anticipated addition of the playable River-hobbit...

Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre

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As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...

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